Cuckoos {resampledata3}

Cuckoos

Description

Female cuckoos lay their eggs on the ground and then move them to the nests of other birds. Latter gathered data on the lengths of the cuckoo eggs found in these foster nests.

Usage

data("Cuckoos")

Format

A data frame with 120 observations on the following 2 variables.

Eggs

Lengths of eggs (mm) of cuckoos

Bird

Species of birds: HedgeSparrow, MeadowPipit, PiedWagtail, Robin, TreePipit, Wren

Source

Tippett, L. H. C. (1952). The Methods of Statistics, 4th Edition. Wiley.

References

Latter, O. (1902). An enquiry into the dimensions of the Cuckoo's egg and the relation of the variations to the size of eggs of the foster-parent, with notes on coloration. Biometrika 1 (2): 164-176.